by Tony Hill
2Haydon Lennard cable despatch, 5 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
3Haydon Lennard cable despatch, 5 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
4Haydon Lennard cable despatch, 5 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
5Haydon Lennard cable despatch, 5 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
6Haydon Lennard cable despatch, Roundup Three, 5 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
7Haydon Lennard cable despatch, Roundup Nine, 5 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
8Haydon Lennard despatch, Ferry, 5 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
9Haydon Lennard despatch, Roundup Ten, 5 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
10Haydon Lennard cable, 14 September 1945, NAA
11Haydon Lennard cabled despatch, 16 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
12Haydon Lennard cabled despatch, 16 September 1945, NAA
13Haydon Lennard cabled despatch, Nurses One, 16 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
14Haydon Lennard cabled despatch, Add Nurses Three, 16 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
15Haydon Lennard cabled despatch, Nurses Two, 16 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
16Haydon Lennard cabled despatch, Nurses Three, 16 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
17Haydon Lennard cabled despatch, Nurses Five, 16 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
18Note to Frank Dixon, 6 September 1945, NAA
19Haydon Lennard cable, 9 September 1945, NAA
Chapter 17
1Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, p 251
2Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, p 237
3Frederick Simpson script, The Surrender of Kuching, broadcast 14 October 1945, NAA
4Frederick Simpson script, The Surrender of Kuching, broadcast 14 October 1945, NAA
5Frederick Simpson despatch, 11 September 1945, NAA
Chapter 18
1John Thompson despatch, 12 September 1945, NAA
2John Thompson, Hubbub in Java, Currawong Publishing, Sydney, 1946, p 9
3Patricia Thompson, Accidental Chords, Penguin, Australia, 1988, p 194
4John Thompson letter to BH Molesworth, 4 July 1945, NAA
5‘Transcontinental’, I Hate and I Love, John Thompson, The Hawthorn Press, 1964
6‘Troops’, I Hate and I Love, John Thompson, The Hawthorn Press, 1964
7John Thompson despatch (edited), 3 September 1945, NAA
8John Thompson despatch, 12 September 1945, NAA
9John Thompson despatch, 12 September 1945, NAA
10John Thompson despatch, 12 September 1945, NAA
11John Thompson despatch, 8 September 1945, NAA
12John Thompson despatch, September 1945, NAA
13John Thompson despatch, 12 September 1945, AWM
14John Thompson despatch, believed to be 24 September 1945, NAA
15John Thompson despatch, September 1945, NAA
Chapter 19
1Talbot Duckmanton despatch, 5 December 1945, AWM
2NAA Fact Sheet 61, World War II war crimes, NAA
3Japanese Savagery in Island War, (believed to be Army PR based on Marien information), December 1942, NAA
4Talbot Duckmanton, interview in ABC Tape Archives
5Talbot Duckmanton, Live actuality broadcast of VP Day celebrations in Sydney, 15 August 1945, Audio, ABC Archives
6Talbot Duckmanton letter to BH Molesworth, 14 September 1945, NAA
7Talbot Duckmanton despatch, 14 September 1945, NAA
8BH Molesworth cable to Talbot Duckmanton, 18 September 1945, NAA
9Talbot Duckmanton letter to BH Molesworth, 27 September 1945, NAA
10Talbot Duckmanton, Interrogation of Suspected War Criminals, 1945, Audio, ABC Archives
11Talbot Duckmanton letter to BH Molesworth, 15 November 1945, NAA
12Talbot Duckmanton script, The Island of Ternate, November 1945, NAA
13Talbot Duckmanton, Actuality Broadcast of The Installation of the Sultan of Ternate, at Sanana, Molucca Group, broadcast 30 November 1945, NAA
14Talbot Duckmanton script, The POW Camp at Morotai, 1945, AWM
15Talbot Duckmanton script, The POW Camp at Morotai, 1945, NAA
16Talbot Duckmanton despatch, 29 November 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
17Talbot Duckmanton despatch, 5 December 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
Epilogue
1Geoffrey Luck, former ABC London News Editor
2Neville Petersen, former ABC foreign correspondent
3ABC Talk by Laurence Gilliam, in the papers of John Thompson, 1954, SLNSW
4Michael Davie, The Observer newspaper, 17 January 1954
5ABC Talk by Laurence Gilliam, in the papers of John Thompson, 1954, SLNSW
6Alan Moorehead, The Observer newspaper, 17 January 1954
7Henry Stokes ABC broadcast, 26 February 1942, quoted in Burnie Advocate, 27 February 1942, TROVE
8Henry Stokes quoted in the Northern Star, Lismore, 27 February 1945, TROVE
9Frank Dixon, Inside the ABC, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1975, p 85
10Henry Stokes quoted in the Advocate, Burnie, 27 February 1942, TROVE
11Peter Hemery war diaries, 17 February 1944, AWM
12Peter Hemery war diaries, 17 February 1944, AWM
13Dudley Leggett letter to S Deamer, 20 November 1943, NAA
14John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
15John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
16John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
17John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
18Raymond Paull, Preface to Retreat from Kokoda, William Heinemann Australia, 1958
19Raymond Paull, Preface to Retreat from Kokoda, William Heinemann Australia, 1958
20Tony Hill notes of interview with Vivienne Benton, 23 July 2015
21Raymond Paull, Preface to Retreat from Kokoda, William Heinemann Australia, 1958
22Ken Slessor obituary for John Elliott, ABC broadcast 8 July 1945, NAA
23Jim Donald obituary for John Elliott, ABC broadcast 8 July 1945, NAA
24John Elliott news despatch, 6th November 1944, NAA
25John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
26Original American spelling – ‘luster’ (lustre)
27Richard Legg private memoir, Estranged Father, Strange Mother, 2010 p 35
28Fred Simpson letter to BH Molesworth during the Korean War, undated, NAA
29Telex from ASIO Director General, 16 January 1975, courtesy of MacFarlane family
30John Thompson letter to BH Molesworth, 22 November 1945, NAA
31Patricia Thompson, Accidental Chords, Penguin, Australia, 1988, p 163
32John Thompson interview, Hazel de Berg collection, NLA, in Self Portraits, David Foster, NLA, Canberra, 1991
INDEX
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AAP 18
Abau 268
actuality recordings 7, 22, 24, 26, 77, 107
actuality reporters 24, 107
Admiralty Islands 223–4
Advisory War Council 136, 137
After Dinner Show 161
air raids
recording sounds of 78–81, 109, 114, 227
airmail 9, 20, 31
Aitape 204, 244–6, 263, 265–8, 270, 272
Alas 127
Alberto Italia 48
Alexandria 35, 58, 60, 63–4, 65, 88
Ambon 109
American troops 112, 119, 223
Pacific war 141, 158,
160, 161, 163–8, 171, 172, 173, 175, 178, 185, 186–8, 204, 217, 223, 230–2, 233–6, 244–5, 247–8, 266
Philippines 247–52, 255–62, 332
And Our Troops Were Forced to Withdraw 147
Angel, Don 266, 270, 271
Any Questions 341
Arafura Sea 128
Arawe 204, 205, 217
army public relations see military
Athens 54, 58
Athens Radio 53
atomic bombs 289
Atsugi airfield 301–2
Austin, Harold 47
Australia
news coverage 90–1
wartime 92–3, 104, 106, 109–10, 173
Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) 13, 346–7
Christmas 1953 broadcast 325
field units 25–6, 27–8, 44, 62–3, 88, 89, 94, 108, 118, 124, 162, 176, 201, 211, 247, 312, 326
independent news service 322, 334
London Bureau 18–20, 322
mobile recording units 22–4
news service 6, 15–18, 20, 91
Singapore bureau 322
talks 6, 8, 13, 14, 17, 20, 23–4, 41, 84, 90, 91, 111, 176, 198, 201, 206, 211, 218, 246, 247, 281, 299, 305
Talks Department 8, 98, 249, 323
Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 25, 88, 125, 292
2/1st Battalion 287
2/5th Battalion 184
2/6th Battalion 184
2/11th Battalion 267
2/22rd Battalion 309
2/33rd Battalion 187
2/40th Battalion 126
2/48th Battalion 72, 212, 218–19, 276–7
6th Division 34, 40, 52, 71, 266
7th Division 72, 186, 191, 192, 196, 224, 285
8th Division 98, 341
9th Division 72, 186, 192, 195, 196, 203, 212, 220, 221, 224, 280, 281, 302
16th Brigade 35, 155
21st Brigade 65
25th Battalion 192
25th Brigade 151, 153
39th Battalion 162
Maroubra Force 143, 144, 146
New Guinea Force 142, 147–8
Sparrow Force 126, 127, 131
Australian Light Horse 6
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) 344
Austria, annexation of 17, 28
Awasi, Captain 320
Bagnall, Frank 101, 223–4
Balikpapan 12, 276, 282–3, 285–8, 337, 338
Ball, William Macmahon ‘Mac’ 51
Bamban River 257
Bandung 96
Bangkok 339
Banka Island 297
Banka Straits 102
Barce 49
Bardia 5, 34, 35–41, 50, 51
Barry, Peter see Hemery, Peter
Barstow, Lieutenant General 98, 100
Bataan 281
Batavia 96, 98, 101, 102–3, 339, 346
Bathurst Island 126
Beam Wireless service 20, 261
Bearup, TW 25, 91, 95, 111, 139, 158
Beda Fomm 45, 49, 51
Beersheba 6
Beirut 66, 69
Beit Jirja 30, 31
Benghazi 34, 47, 48–51, 65, 85
Bennett, Major General Gordon 94, 98–9, 100, 341
Beri Beri 294
Betano 126
Birdum 108
Bismarck Archipelago 236
Bismarck Sea 222
Blackwater Fever 293
Blamey, General 31, 38, 61, 83, 111, 172, 173, 174, 202, 266, 277, 301, 319
Wilmot, conflict with 147–51, 323
Blitz 19
Boisi 179, 181, 182, 183, 184
bombers see also military aircraft
Allied 42, 119, 123, 124, 126, 152, 172, 184, 186, 187, 205, 210, 234, 235, 243, 283, 306, 324, 329
German 58, 72, 79
Italian 37
Japanese 119, 132, 179, 182, 185, 188, 192, 205, 250, 284, 290, 307
Borneo 11, 12, 94, 109, 263, 276–88
Japanese surrender 302–3, 342
Bottomley, Cliff 101, 171
Bougainville 217, 237–8, 263–5
Boyle, RJ 7, 10, 27, 32, 33, 47, 85, 88
Brigade Hill 152
Brisbane 92, 110, 111, 112, 116, 141, 172, 173, 204, 233
British Broadcasting Commission (BBC) 10, 14, 20, 35, 52–3, 227
Christmas 1953 broadcast 325
Mobile Recording Branch 22
Radio Newsreel program 25
war correspondents 24–5, 62–3, 75, 90–1, 185, 188, 289, 324
British Official Wireless Service 20, 90
broadcasters
journalists, distinguished 6, 43–4, 107, 121–2, 135, 305
Broome 106
Brown, Dickson 126, 127
Brown, Flying Officer 296, 298
Brunei Bay 279, 285
Buka Island 239
Bukit Timah 99
Bullwinkel, Sister Vivian 298
Bumi River 195, 197
Buna 140, 158–65, 167, 168, 169, 171, 188, 205
Burma 289
Thai-Burma Railway 292–4
Busu 189
by-lines 139
cables 9, 20, 24, 62, 96, 102–3, 141, 206
Cairo 34, 35, 44, 50, 51, 61–2, 65, 67, 82, 85, 96
Calvin, Ensign Joe 176
Canberra 92
Cape Gloucester 203, 206, 217
Carty, Bill 182
Castle Hill 112
casualties
Middle East 40, 66, 68, 83, 88
Pacific war 97, 106, 140, 152, 153, 155, 169, 171, 183, 184, 187, 188, 192, 195, 220, 224, 236, 244–6, 261, 264, 276, 282, 283, 286, 309, 314
prisoners of war 292–4
Cecil, Lawrence 7, 10, 27, 29–30, 62, 74, 312, 326–7
background 31–2
Bardia 35–41
character 30, 32, 63
Greece, in 52–5, 57, 326
HMAS Perth 63–5
Middle East, in 33, 34–41, 43, 46–8, 50, 59–60, 63–6, 69–71, 74, 77, 82–4, 85, 88, 111, 326
Tobruk 43
Celebes 109
censorship
Middle East 8, 35, 44, 53–4, 61, 66, 67, 77–8, 82
Pacific war 105, 114, 117, 120, 136–7, 138, 147–8, 202, 233, 242, 256, 265–71, 281
Ceylon 285, 289, 310
Chamberlain, Neville 14, 29
Changi Prison 291–2
Chiang Kai-Shek 285
China 283, 284–5, 289
Chungking (now Chongqing) 284, 285, 328
Clark Field 257
Cleary, WJ 213
Collingwood Bay 329
Colombo Plan 348
Coral Sea 112
Battle of 113
Corregidor 281
Cosgrave, Father 259
Courtenay, Bill 223
Crete 59, 61, 65, 75, 96, 99, 327
cricket, broadcasting 28, 331
Crosby, Bing 216
Cross, Lieutenant Chuck 238–40
Curtin, John 92, 173, 174
Cyrenaica 48–9, 71
Cyrene 49
Czechoslovakia 17
D-Day 324
Damour 69–70
Darwin 92, 116, 119, 123, 125, 126, 132, 254
bombing 11, 104–10, 118, 122, 133
Davie, Michael 324
Dawes, Alan 118–19
de la Salle College massacre 258–9
Dead Sea 86
Deamer, Syd 177, 201, 202, 246
Delta 34, 35, 62, 65
dengue fever 8, 226
Deniki 156
Denning, Warren 174, 202, 206, 208, 233, 328
Department of Information 29, 51, 96, 101, 266, 270, 286, 312, 319
deputy assistant directors of public relations (DADPR) 137, 193, 202
Derna 34, 45–8, 50, 65, 81
Derrick, Sergeant Tom ‘Diver’ 212, 277
Diggers 27, 37–8, 67–8, 71, 121, 168, 198, 215
behaviour 33–4, 74
courage of 9, 75, 145, 155,
264, 273
New Guinea, in 144–6, 154–5, 221–2, 265
Tobruk, at 71, 73–7, 80
Dili 123, 125, 130
Diller, Colonel 148, 201, 262, 282
Dimbleby, Richard 24–5
disease 8
Dixon, Frank 103, 118, 133, 134, 138, 139, 142, 168, 174, 204, 246, 249, 327
federal News editor 15, 53, 90–3, 116, 134–5, 201, 202, 232, 233, 299
Dobodura 167, 168, 184, 197
Dodds, Private Charles 315
Donald, Jim 337–8
Drakeford Cole, Patricia see Thompson, Patricia
Driniumor River 244, 246
Duckmanton, Christine 319
Duckmanton, Craig 319
Duckmanton, Florence (nee Simmonds) 319
Duckmanton, Kim 319
Duckmanton, Susan 319
Duckmanton, Talbot 7, 12, 347–8
background 312–13
military service 312–13, 347
Moluccas 318–19
Morotai 311–19, 348
post-war 348
war crimes trials 311–21, 347
Dunckel, Brigadier 257
dysentery 8, 70, 131, 151, 156, 170, 293
Eastick, Brigadier 302, 303
Edward VIII, King 15
Edwards, Chris 345
Edwards, Len 7, 9, 12, 115, 219, 315, 337, 345
background 115–16
Borneo 286, 288, 302–3
character 162
Japanese surrender (Borneo) 302–3, 342
Papua and New Guinea 160, 162–5, 167, 168, 170–1, 175, 216–17, 227–9, 231, 242–3, 247, 274–5
post-war 345
recording equipment, designing 227–8, 242, 345
Townsville 141
Wewak, capturing 275
Edwards, Suzanne 345
Egypt 30, 34, 75, 84, 96
Egyptian State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) 35
Eichelberger, Lieutenant General 168
El Alamein 218, 219
El Kantara 30
Elle McFeast 335
Elliott, Helga (nee Johnson) 253, 337
Elliott, John 7, 12, 262, 337–39
background 253–4
Balikpapan 282–3, 285–8, 337, 338
Borneo 280–1, 282–3, 285–8
character 338
China 284–5
death 8, 12, 283, 284, 286–8, 337–8
Hollandia 249–50, 252–3, 255
military service 254, 338
Philippines 254, 255–62, 280, 281, 282–3
Emirau Island 236–7
Eora Creek 144, 153–5
Exchange Telegraph news service 18
Fenton, Major George 77, 82, 112, 149, 193–4, 202–3, 204, 211
Ferry, Captain Maurice 292–4
Fiji Broadcasting Commission 337
Finch, Peter 346
Finisterre Ranges 203, 213, 217, 219
